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THE TRUSTEES OF THE 
PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



THE WHALING INDUSTRY 



Exhibition of Objects Illustrating the Whaling Industry 

and the Natural History of Whales. [Entrance 

corridor cases, Marine Room, 

Peabody Museum.] 



List of Essex County Whaling Vessels. 

List of Pictures of Whaling Vessels in the Marine Room. 

List of Log-Books of Whaling Vessels in the 

Library of the Essex Institute. 

List of Books on Whales and Whaling 
in the Salem Public Library. 



PEABODY MUSEUM 
161 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 

Open, free, on week days from 9 to 5 
and on Sundays from 2 to 5 






Printed from the 

Col. George Peabody Fund. 

1908. 



Author 



.»IS08 



Connolly, J. B. Arctic whaling of today, fin 
Harper's monthly. 1903. v. 106, p. 181-189.) 

051-2 

— The little fighting whales. (In Harper's 
monthly. 1905. v. 110, p. 431 435.) 051-2 
Davis, W. M. Nimrod of the sea; or. The 
American whaleman. 1874. 639-D 
Doyle, A. C. The glamour of the Arctic. (In 
McClure's magazine. 1894. v. 2, p. 391-400.) 

051-35 

— Life on a Greenland whaler; a record of 
personal adventures in the Arctic s^as. (In 
McClure's magazine. 1897. v. 8, p. 460-468.) 

051-35 

Duncan, N. The chase of the finback whale. 
(In Outing. 1904. v. 44, p. 679-685.) 796-01 
Faroe whales. (In Living age. 1885. v 167, 
p. 379 382.) 051-4 

Hunt's merchant's magazine, v. 1-55. 1839- 
1866. 380-H 

This periodical often published statistics of the whale 
fisheries of the U. S. Consult the index of each vol- 
ume. 

Jenks, S. H. Compendium of the American 
whale fisliery. (In Hunt's merchant's maga- 
zine. 1840. V. 3, p. 172-182.) 380-H 
A list of all ships, with location and quantity of oil ob- 
tained. 

Jones, J. B. Life and adventures in the South 
Pacific. 1861. 919.6-J 

Kobbe, G. Perils and romance of whaling. 
(In Century. 1890. v. 40, p. 509-525.) 051-12 
Lanman, J. H. The American whale fishery. 
(In Hunt's merchant's magazine. 1840. v. 3, 
p. 361-394.) 380-H 

McGrath, P. T. Whaling in Hudson Bay. 
(In New England magazine. 1904. v, 86, p. 
188-198.) 051-22 

— Wonderful whale hunting , by steam. (In 
Cosmopolitan. 1904. v. 37, p. 49-56.) 051-24 
Mcllhenny, E. A. The nelicatar of Arctic 
Alaska; the great feast of the whale. (In 
Century. 1904. v. 68, p. 701-705. ) 051-12 
McKibben, F. P. The whaling disaster of 
1871. (In New England magazine. 1898. v. 24, 
p. 490-495.) 051-22 

Markham, C. K. On the whale fishery of the 
Basque provinces of Spain. (In Living age. 
1882. V. 153, p. 62-56.) 051-4 

— Whaling cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf 
of Boothia. 1875. 919.8-M4 

Murdock, J. Whale catching at Point Bar- 
row. (In Popub.r science monthly. 1891. v. 
38, p. 830-836.) 505 -P 

Osbon, B. S. Perils of Polar whaling. (In 
The white world. 1902. p. 361-368.) 919.8-K5 

Sayer, W. L., ed. Whale fishery. (In his New 
Bedford. 1889. p. 25-54.) 917.44-S4 

Seward, W. H. The whale fisheries. (In his 
Works. 1887. v. 1, p. 236-253.) 320-S 

A speech in the U. S. Senate, July 29, 1852. 

Sharp, B. A captain of the vanished fleet. 
(In Atlantic. 1907. v. 100, p. 246-251.) 051-1 

Spears, J. K., ed. Log of the Bark Emily, as 
kept by L. R. Hale, third mate, ]8o7-18()0. (In 
Harper's monthly magazine. 1903. v. 107, p. 
242-261.) 061-2 



Starbuck, A. History of the American whale 
fishery. (In United States. Fish comn ission. 
Report, 1875-1876. 1878. v. 4, p. 1-779.) Ref. 
— The Nantucket whale fishery. (In Godfrey, 
E. K. Island of Nantucket. 1882. p. 329-341.) 

917.44-G 
Todd, C. B. Whale boat privateersmen of the 
revolution. (In Magazine of American history. 
1882. V. 8, p. 168-181.) 970-Ml 

Weeden, W. B. The whale fishery, 1713-1745. 
(In his Economic and social history of New 
England. 1890. v. 1, p. 430-447.) 974-Wl 
Whale fisheries of to-day. (In Nation. 1905. 
V. 80, p. 226.) Ref. 

Williams, J. R. The whale fishery. (In 
North American review. 1834. v. 38, p. 84-115.) 

051-21 



Whaling Fiction. 

Bell, J. J. The thousandth whale. (In Living 
age. 1907. v. 252, p. 230 238.) 051-4 

Brady, C. T. Midshipman in the Pacific. 1904. 

i B723.14 
Coffin, R. F. Perils of whaling. (In Outing. 
1899. V. 33, p. 353-359.) 796-01 

Hammond, T. W. On board a whaler; an 
adventurous cruise through southern S'^as. 
1901. H189.1 

Hazen, J. A. Five years before the mast. 1854. 

H332.1 
Kingston, W. H. G. Old Jack, j K612.17 

— Peter the whaler. j K612.31 

— Peter Trawl ;or,The adventures of a whaler. 

j K612.19 

— The South sea whaler. 1884. j K612.22 
Macy, W. H. There she blows; the whales 
we caught and how we did it. 1889. j M250.1 
Melville, H. Moby Dick; or. The whale. 
1851. M491.4 
Nordhoflf, C. Whaling and fishing. 1855. 

j N750.3 
Packard, W. The young ice whalers. 1903. 

j P120.1 
Rand, E. A. A salt water hero. j R150.5 
Robbins, C. H. The gam, being a group of 
whaling stories. 1899. R530.1 



Poetry of Wlialing. 

Murphy, C. Journal of a whaling vovage on 
board the ship " Dauphin" of Nantucket. (In 
Austin, J. G. Nantucket scraps. 1883. p. 305- 
336.) 917.44-A 

Told in rhyme. 

Robinson, P. Poets and nature. 1893. p. 137- 
142. 821-100 



Bibliography. 

New Bedford. Free public library. A collec- 
tion of books, pamphlets, log books, pictures, 
etc., illustrating the whale fishery. 1907. Ref. 



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Books, Magazine Articles, etc., on whales and whaling in the Salem Public 
Library, prepared by Gardner M. Jones, Librarian. (Printed in the library bulletin 
for November, 1907.) The library, 370 Essex St., is open on week days from 9 A. M. 
to 9 P. M. and on Sundays and holidays from 2 to 8 P. M. 



Whales. 

Beddard, F. E. Book of whales. 1900. 

599-B 

The latest and best authority. 

Browne, Sir T. Of the spermaceti whale. 
(In his Works, v. 1, p. 353-356.) 828-Bl 

Of merely antiquarian interest. 

Buchanan, J. Y. The sperm whale and its 
food. (In Nature. 1896. v. 53, p. 223-225.) Eef. 
BuUen, F. T. Denizens of the deep. 1904. 
p. 13-72. 590-B20 

— The sperm whale and its food. (In Nature. 
1896. V. 54, p. 102-103.) Ref. 
Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1888. v. 24, p. 
523-529.) Ref. 
Piguier, L. Mammalia. 1883. p. 30-91. 

599-P 
Flower, W. H. Introduction to the study of 
mammals. 1891. p. 225-272. 599-n 

— On the ziphioid whales. (In Nature. 1871. 
V. 5, p. 103-106.) Ref. 

— On whales, past and present, and their 
probable orisrin. (In Nature. 1883. v. 28, p. 
199-202, 226-230.) Ref. 

— Whales,past and present. (In Popular science 
monthly. 1885. v. 27, p. 195-206.) 505-P 
Gill, T. The sperm whales, giant and pigmy. 
(In American naturalist. 1871. v. 4, p. 725-743.) 

505-A 
Goode, G. B. The whales and porpoises. (In 
United States. Fisheries •- nd fishery industries. 
1884. Section 1, v. 1, p. 7-32; v. 2, plates 1-11.) 

Ref. 
Lydekker, R. Royal natural hiot( rv. 1S95. 
V. 3, p. 1-64. ■59O-LI 

Mather, F, White whales in confinement. 
(In I'opular science monthly. 1899. v. f 5, p. 
362-371.) 505-P 

New international encyclopaedia. 1904. v. 17, 
p. 667-671. Ref. 

Racovitza, E. G. Spouting and movements 
of whales. (In Smithsonian institution. An- 
nual report. 1903, v. 1, p. 627-645.) Ref. 
Shaler, N. S. Notes on the right and sperm 
whale. (In American naturalist. 1873. v. 7, 
p. 1-4.) 505-A 
From a conversation with Captain John Pease, an old 
vrhal r. 

Simmonds, P. L. Animal products. 1877. 
p. 380-396. 591-S 

Story of the whale. (In Harper's monthly. 
1856. V. 12. p. 466-482.) 051-2 

True, F. W. Sut'gestions on collecting and 
preserving specimens of whales and porpoises. 
(In United States. Fish commission. Report. 
1883. V. 9, p. 1157-1179.) Ref. 

— Whalebone whales of the western North 
Atlantic. (In Smithsonian in>tituti<in. Con- 
tributions to knowledge. 1904. v. 33. Ref. 
Wilson, A. Whales and their neighbors. (In 
Popular science monthly. 1879. v. 15, p. 237- 
250.) 505-P 



Wood, J. G. The whale. (In Longman's. 
1885. V, 5, p. 404-419, 534-554.) 052-8 

Whale Fishery. 

Abbot, W. J. American merchant ships and 
sailors. 1902. p. 121-154. 656-A5 

Aldrich, H. L. Arctic Alaska and Siberia; 
or. Eight months with the Arctic whalemen. 
1889. 919.8-Al 

— Eskimo whaling. (In Outing. 1891. v. 18, 
p. 13-18.) 796-01 

— The whaling industry. (In Engineering 
magazine. 1895. v. 8, p. 234-244.) 620-E2 
Ashley, C. W. The blubber hunters. (In 
Harper's magazine. 1906. v. 112, p. 670-682, 
832-844.) 051-2 
Austin, J. G. Nantucket scraps. 1883. p. 
284 336. 91 7. 44- A 
Bertholf, E. P. The rescue o*" tbe whalers; 
a sled journey of 1600 miles in the Arctic 
regi >ns. (In Harper's magazine. 1899. v. 99. 
p. 3-24.) 051-2 
Berwick, E. Offshore whaling in the Bay cf 
Monterey. (In Cosmopolitan. 1900. v. 29, p. 
631-637.) 051-24 
Birge, W. S. The whale and the whaleman. 
(In New England magazine. 1903. v. 40. p. 
265-272.) 051-22 

Bliss, W. R. Sea journals and sea rovers. (In 
his Quaint Nantucket. 1896. p. I2it-17.").) 

974.4-B19 

Booth, H. W. G. Whaling. (In Bickerdyke, 
J. Seafishiug. 1895. p. 469-497.) 799-B5 

Brady, C. T. The yarn of the " Essex," 
whiiler. (In Cosmopolitan. 1905. v. 38, p. 68- 
72.) 051-24 

Brown, J. T. Stray leaves from a whaleman's 
log. (In Century. 1893. v. 45, p. 507-517.) 

051-12 

Browne, J R. Etchings of a whaling cruise; 
[with] a brief h story of the whale fist>ery. 
1846. 910-B9 

Bullen, F. T. Cruise of the Cachalot round 
the world after spent whales. 1899. B873.1 

— Life on a South sea wl aler. (In Popular 
science monthly. 1899. v. 54, p. 818-834. 

505-P 
From his " Cruise of th-^ Cachalot." 

— The orphan. (In Living age. 1899, v. 222, 
p. 92-100.) 051-4 

Clark, A. H. The American whale fishery. 
1877-1886. (In Science. 1887. v. 9, p. 321 324.) 

Ref. 

Clark, A. H., and Brown, J. T. The whale 
fishery. (In United States. Fisheries and 
fishery industries. 1887. Section 5, v. 2, p. \ 
293; v. 3, plates 183-210.) Ref. 

The most complete history. Illustrations of shii)S and 
implemeats. Section 2 of tbe same work contains 
" Historical references to fisheries." Consult index. 



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Bark Kichard of Salkm 




Brig Malay of Salkm 



Between 1771 and 1775, two vessels arrived in Lynn, one with 200 barrels of 
sperm oil and the other with 100 barrels of whale oil. 

After 1832, the Lynn whaling vessels used wharves on the Saugus river. When 
the railroad bridge was built (1837-1838) the Lynn whaling business was transferred 
to Boston. 

LOG BOOKS OF WHALING VOYAGES IN THE LIBRARY OF THE 

ESSEX INSTITUTE 

(May be consulted on application at the rooms of the Institute) 



Ship Bengal 
Bark Eliza 
Ship Elizabeth 
Bark Emerald 
Bark Henry 
Ship Lydia 
Bark Malay 
Bark Palestine 
Sch. Para 
Ship Sapphire 



SALEM 

1832-1835, 1837-1840 

1838-1841 

18361840 (3 vols.), 1840-1844, 1844-1848 

1840-1843, 1843-1845 

1845-1847 

1835-1837 

1837-1839, 1839-1842 

1339-1841, 1839-1842, 1842 

1865-1867 

1836-1839, 1838, 1839-1841, 1841-1842 



Ship Washington 
Ship Marengo 
Bark Stephania 



NEW BEDFORD 

1850-1853 

1855-1859, 1871-1875 
1864-1868 



Ship Leper 



NANTUCKET 
1832-1835 



(Log books and sea journals received at the Peabody Museum are deposited in the 
library of the Essex Institute where more than 1000 log books and sea journals are 
now preserved) 



PICTURES AND BUILDER'S MODELS OF WHALING VESSELS IN 
THE MARINE ROOM, PEABODY MUSEUM 

SALEM 

Ship "Eliza," 262 tons, built 1817, altered to a bark in 1838. Water color painting. 
Brig " Malay," 268 tons, built 1818, altered to a bark in 1834. Water color painting 

by Peter Mazzinghi, Leghorn, 1833. 
Brig " Reaper," 229 tons, built 1820, altered to a bark 1833. Copy of water color 

painting by "Ant. Roux fils aine Marseille," 1823 



Ship <' Sapphire," 365 tons, built 1825. Water color painting 

Bark "Eichard," 222 tons, built 1826. Water color painting by Pellegrini, Mar- 
seilles, 1831 

Whaling Scene (long oil painting at Essex Institute), — bark "Richard" of Salem and 
ship "Julian " of New Bedford, taking and " cutting in " whales and "trying 
out" blubber. 

NEW BEDFORD 

Ship " Eliza Adams," 338 tons, built 1835. Oil painting 
Bark " Minnesota," 243 tons, built 1849. Water color painting 
Ship "Alice Mandell," 425 tons, built 1851. Builder's model. 
Bark " Bertha," 175 tons, built 1878. Builder's model 
Bark " Kingfisher," 451 tons, built 1856. Builder's model 
Bark " Progress," 341 tons, built 1843. Builder's model 

NEW LONDON 
Schooner " Flying Fish," 76 tons, 1870. Builder's model 



" Sperm Whaling with its Varieties," colored lithograph, 1870, after a picture by 
Benjamin Russell of New Bedford. 

ENGRAVED WHALES' TEETH 

In the Marine Room collection are thirteen whales' teeth engraved with various 
designs by sailors, and, on deposit, are twenty-two more owned by Lawrence W. Jen- 
kins. Among them are several with representations of merchant and naval vessels. 
Those relating to whaling or with whaling vessels are : — 

Ship "Susan of Nantucket," four representations on two teeth, — "engraved by Fred- 
erick Myrick, January 29, 1829." 
Ship Elizabeth of Salem, two representations on one tooth. Gift of her commander 
in 1838 Jona. P. Saunders. (The name of the vessel is not given but the iden- 
tification seems satisfactory.) 
Whaling scene, — engraved on both sides of two teeth fitted together at their bases. 
Brig "Tamaahmaah, John Meek commander" and brigantine "Chinchilla, Thos. Meek 
commander," both of New York, engraved on opposite sides of a large tooth. 
About 1840. (It is not certainly known that these vessels were whalers.) 



THE WHALING EXHIBIT. 



In October, 1907, the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science received by 
gift from the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago a collection of objects 
illustrating the whaling industry which had been exhibited at the World's Columbian 
Exposition in 1893. The gift included: — 



11 single and double " flued " old forms of 

hand harpoons 
16 old and new forms of ''toggle" hand 

harpoons 
8 " toggle " gun harpoons 
1 large gun harpoon, 1850 
1 long hand lance 
15 old forms of gun lances 
21 bomb lances ; fragments of exploded 

bomb lances taken from whales 
1 large bomb harpoon used on Norwegian 

steam whalers 

1 breech-loading and 10 muzzle loading 

shoulder guns for gun harpoons and 
bomb lances 

2 Pierce and Cunningham bomb lance guns, 

one with harpoon 
1 large Greener boat harpoon gun 



1 muzzle loading and 1 breech loading gnn- 

pistol and powder flask from the whal- 
ing bark " Progress" 

2 ship's compasses, 2 quadrants, barometer, 

chronometer, box of charts, slate and 
parallel ruler used on the bark " Pro- 
gress " 

4 log books of whaling voyages 

5 books on navigation 

2 pictures of whaling vessels 

1 lithograph of whaling scene 

1 chart of signal flags 

8 builder's models of whaling vessels 

1 signal cannon of bark " Progress " 

1 slung shot, tool for heading barrels, Nor- 

wegian tive-pronged spear 

2 boxes, carvings in whale ivory, etc., handi- 

work of sailors 



Before this gift was received it had not been possible, owing to lack of material, 
to arrange an exhibit illustrating the whaling industry. This was almost the only 
feature of the commercial-marine history of Essex County not in some way represented 
in the museum, although a matter of great popular interest and a very desirable ex- 
hibit from an educational stand point. 

All objects relating to whaling the museum possessed, chiefly of a local nature, 
have been incorporated with the collection recently acquired from the Field Museum 
and arranged in the wall cases on the western side of the entrance corridor in connec- 
tion with the Marine Room collections. To these have been added a series of speci- 
mens and drawings illustrating the natural history of whales, selected from the zoolog- 
ical collections of the museum. The arrangement by sections is as follows : 

1 The Natural History of Whales ; — drawings of principal species, skeleton of por- 

poise. Above the case ; — bones of large whales, jaw of sperm whale, baleen, etc. 

2 Pictures ; — whaling scenes 

3 Pictures ; — whaling vessels of Essex County 

4 Navigation ; — compass, quadrant, charts, etc. used on the whaling bark "Progress " ■ 

5 Sailors' outfit and their handiwork on whaling voyages 

6 Tools used on whaling vessels ; log-books 

7-10 Implements used in the capture of whales; — hand and gun harpoons, hand and 
bomb lances, harpoon and bomb lance guns, boat harpoon gun, Norwegian bomb 
harpoon used on steam whaling vessels 



11 Loan collection ; — pictures and books, old and recent, relating to whales and 

whaling 

12 Alaska ; — whaling and sealing, — models of native craft, harpoons, etc. 

13 Economic (to be added later) ; — products of whales and their uses, — oils, baleen, 

spermaceti, ambergris, etc. 
Builder's models of whaling vessels (above the case) 
The collection is illustrated with cuts and drawings and is also provided with 

explanatory labels. 

It is intended to make the whaling exhibit in this museum only an epitome of the 
subject in general, for the great exhibits should be in the United States National 
Museum where the scientific and comprehensive collections are displayed and at New 
Bedford where already an excellent foundation is established for an exhaustive his- 
torical collection. But there should be in Essex County a collection, chiefly of an 
educational character where, also, the relics of the local whaling industry, which was 
carried on quite extensively from 1820 to 1870, shall be preserved. The trustees, 
therefore, solicit the gift of auy objects relating to the whaling industry of this region 
to add to the collection just placed on exhibition. All gifts will be promptly ac- 
knowledged, recorded and marked with the name of the giver. A model of an equipped 
whale boat, implements used on whaling vessels, sailors' carvings, pictures of Essex 
County whaling vessels, log books and journals of whaling voyages are particularly 
desired. Gifts may be sent to the museum or will be called for upon notification. 

John Kobinson, 

Keeper of the Kelics of the E. I. M. S. 
Marine Koom, Peabody Museum, 

Salem, December 10, 1907. 

(Acknowledgements are due to Stephen W. Phillips for the use of documents relating to 
whaling voyages ; to Gardner M. Jones, Librarian of the Salem Public Library, for his coopera- 
tion in preparing the special book list and for its use here; to the Essex Institute for the use of 
the half-tone blocks from which the illustrations are printed and, especially, to Lawrence W. 
Jenkins for preparing the list of Essex County whaling vessels and that of the log books in the 
library of the Essex Institute.) 

THE WHALING INDUSTRY IN ESSEX COUNTY 

Whaling was carried on along the coast of New England before 1614 and " whal- 
ing rights were guaranteed by the Koyal charter of 1629 to the proprietors of Massa- 
chusetts as being within their waters." Frequent mention is made in old records of 
the capture of whales by parties in boats, not far from the shore, in the bays from 
Cape Cod to Boston, Salem, Ipswich, etc. By 1748 the whales had retired to deeper 
waters and were pursued in sloops and, later, in schooners and other vessels carrying 
whale boats. This was continued until interrupted by the war of the Revolution. In 
1784, however, a Salem brig arrived in Boston with 600 barrels of whale oil, and dis- 
tant whaling and sealing voyages were occasionally undertaken during the next forty 
years, as will be seen by the following lists, again interrupted by the difficulties with 
France in 1799 and the war of 1812. 

In 1830 systematic efforts were made to place the whaling industry on a firmer 
basis and Essex County merchants and ship owners fitted out mauy vessels for whal- 
ing voyages. The industry was continued with varying success until the period of the 
Civil war when whaling from this region practically ceased. 

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Ship Eliza of Salem 




Ship Sapphire of Salem 



ESSEX COUNTY WHA.LING VESSELS 
Peepared by Lawrence W. Jenkins 

Eeferences: Felt's " Annals of Salem"; Osgood and Batchelder's <' Sketch of 
Salem"; Essex Institute, — log books, early Essex County newspapers, Salem ship 
register ; Starbuck's " History of the American Whale Fishery." 

Any authentic information by which this list may be extended will be gladly 
received. 



SALEM 



Rig Name 
Brig - - - - 



Ship Minerva 
Ship Rachel 
Brig Britannia 
Ship Gen. Knox 
Brig Nancy 



(Memoranda, before 1830) 
Voyages Years Notes 

1 1784 Capt. Frost : 600 barrels of whale oil 

taken to Boston in August. 
1799-1802 Sealing in the Antartic 

1803 Sealing in the Antarctic 

1818 Sealing voyage: wrecked ofE Manchester. 

1820 600 barrels of sea elephant oil 

1821 100 barrels of sea elephant oil 



SALEM 



(After the revival of the whaling industry, 1832) 



Ship Bengal 


4 


1832-1840 


Ship Catharine 


1 


1832 


Bark Cavalier 


1 


1835-1837 


Bark Derby 


1 


1837 


Brig Eagle 


1 


1837 


Ship Eliza 


3 


1833-1841 


Ship Elizabeth 


3 


1836-1844 


Brig Emeline 


2 


1836-1837 


Ship Emerald 


5 


1833-1843 


Brig Falcon 


5 


1862-1868 


Sch. Franklin 


2 


1836-1837 


Bark Henry 


2 


1841-1845 


Ship Izette 


6 


1841-1840 


Ship James Maury 


3 


1833-1841 


Ship Lydia 


2 


1835-1837 


Sch. Mac 


2 


1836-1837 


Bark Malay 


2 


1837-1842 


Bark Margaretta 


2 


1851-1852 


Bark Messenger 


3 


1854-1860 



Burnt at Hawaiian Islands, 1832 

Wrecked at Falkland Islands, 1838 

Altered to a bark in 1838, condemned in 
1843 



Altered to a bark in 1836, lost at 
Madagascar, 1845 



liost in the South Pacific, 1847 



Lost in the Mozambique channel in 1842 

One of the vessels of the "stone fleet' 
which sailed from New Bedford in 1861 
and were sunk to block the harbors of 
Charleston and Savannah. 



Ship Mount WoUaston 


3 


1836-1840 




Bark Palestine 


2 


1835-1839 




Bark Pallas 


1 


1832 


Sailed for the Fiji Islands 


Sch. Para 


4 


1865-1871 


Altered to a brig. 


Bark Eeaper 


4 


1833-1839 





Rig T^ame 
Bark Kichard 

Bark Said Bin Sultan 

Ship Samuel Wright 

Ship Sapphire 

Bark Statesman 

Bark William H. Shailer. 



Voyages Years 
2 1335-1837 



1867 

1833-1889 

1836-1841 

1836-1842 

1866-1867 



Notes 
Brig Eagle sailed as tender on second 
voyage. Lost at Montevidio in 1839. 

Lost at Geography bay, Australia, 1840 
Foundered in the West Indies, 1843, 
Condemned in 1844 



(Fuller details of owners' names, etc., will be found in the Salem Ship Register 
published by the Essex Institute) 







BEVERLY 


Brig Benjamin Franklin 


5 


1850-1855 A 


Bark Eben Dodge 


2 


1853-1854 


Brig Escol 


10 


1858-1873 


Brig Gem 


4 


1849-1853 


Bark Lady Suffolk 


5 


18.53-1859 


Bark N. D. Chase 


5 


1851-1860 


Sch. Thriver 


5 


1862-1866 



Altered to a bark in 1852 



GLOUCESTER 



Ship Lewis 


1 


1833 


Ship Mount WoUaston 


2 


1833-1834 


Ship Polly 


2 


1789-1794 


Brig Sea Horse 


2 


1788-1789 


Sch. Thorn 


1 


1841 


Brig Two Friends 


1 


1791 


Ship 


1 


1793 



Ship Atlas 


4 


1831-1835 


Ship Clay 


3 


1833-1836 


Ship Com. Preble 


10 


1834-1851 


Ship Louisa 


7 


1831-1838 


Ship Nahant 


1 


1836 


Ship Ninus 


6 


1835-1844 


Ship Wm. Badger 


2 


1845-1849 



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Ship Adeline 


1 


1834 


Brig Chance 


1 


1785 


Sch. Georgia 


2 


1866-1868 


Sch. Hannah Grant 


2 


1867-1869 


Sch. Life Boat 


2 


1867-1868 


Ship Merrimac 


4 


1833-1842 


Ship Newhur«)ort -», 


n 1 


1834 



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was included, or the voyages were for sealing exclusively. The " elephant " oil re- 
ported was derived from the sea elephant (Macrorhinus angustirostris) a large marine 
mammal belonging to the seal and walrus family. 

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